Aeneid Book 3 (1-208)

What do the Trojans do in Antandros, near Troy, after the city has fallen to the Greeks?

• Build a fleet - to sail the heck out of there

• Build a new town - that's destiny, after all

• Build momentum - they take some time for the kids to grow up

• Build up drama - there's a duel for leadership

What name does Aeneas give to the new city he founds in Thrace?

• Aeneadae

• Oentoria

• Idalium

• Creulia

Which son of Priam was murdered by the Thracian king?

• Polites

• Parthenius

• Polydorus

• Polydamas

Aeneas found Polydorus had transformed into:

• bush

• lion

• stones

• bull

Next, the Trojans sail to island where the king, also a priest of _______________, gives Aeneas some advice.

• Apollo

• Diana

• Minerva

• Iuppiter

Who can we call the "Great Misinterpreter" of Apollo's oracle?

• Cassandra

• Anchises

• Polydorus

• Aeneas

Why are the Trojans also called "Teucrians"?

• "Tu" means "you" - and they are a helpful, hospitable people

• They have an ancestor from Crete named Teucer

• The Thracian king calls them that as a password in case they come looking for Polydorus

• The first Trojan king had a sword called Teucer

Why are the Trojans also called Dardanians?

• An ancestor named Dardanus from Italy

• It's an epithet the Greeks gave them (means "cowards")

• Nobody really knows, but Anchises says it comes from Greece

• There's an old story about King Dardian, the Barbarian

Which thing are the Harpies NOT known for?

• pooping on food

• squawking really loud

• luring men to their death by singing

• attacking people who are eating

When a plague strikes Crete, who points the way forward?

• Penates

• Anchises

• Corybantes

• Aeneas